We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
88 of its 207 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Accra accounted for 55 of Ghana's 88 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
233 of its 507 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Islamabad accounted for 101 of Pakistan's 233 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
73 of its 123 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gaza accounted for 37 of Palestine's 73 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
12 of its 20 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 3 of Yangon's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
La Guaira accounted for 191 of Venezuela's 246 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Measles was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with diphtheria and dengue. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
90 of its 308 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
57 of its 148 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
48 of its 59 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 160 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (42 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in Ireland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Venezuela (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Iran (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Jul. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 13,539 stories about harm among 77,783 counted on 1 Jul.
For the third day running, the news turned to Ghana. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 77,783 stories, as usual. Ghana's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. Over June, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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